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The Illinois State House rejected a massive “temporary” tax hike SPRINGFIELD—Democrats in the Illinois House led the rejection tonight of a $4.5 billion plan to boost income taxes by 50 percent for the next two years, with a midnight deadline approaching to fund a new state budget. Don’t forget the...

For those not already aware, an anti-abortion nut job terrorist murdered a doctor today in Kansas: Tiller, 67, was shot once just after 10 a.m. in the lobby of Reformation Lutheran Church, where he was a member of the congregation. Off the top, this brutal act of violence has no justification. It matters...

How appropriate: Germany’s Opel has been sold – with a joint-Russian-Canadian bid the winner in the race to buy one of Europe’s oldest and most well-known carmakers. Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank and automotive giant GAZ – along with Canadian car parts firm Magna – have successfully bought Opel from US motor giant...

Tribune’s Clout Street is reporting on the massive tax hikes that are going to hit Illinois if Democrats get their way. And they will. The maneuvering suggested lawmakers could vote today on the proposal for a two-year increase in the personal income tax to 4.5 percent from the current level of 3 percent. The...

Yesterday we posted about Obama Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor quoting a socialist leader in her Princeton yearbook. The socialist leader she quoted was Norman Thomas, six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America, and a quick Googleing turns up a couple of other interesting quotes attributed to him. “The American people will never...

Glenn Beck is using his show to stoke a tax revolt. He will be audited for years to come. And because the IRS can look back several years, they probably will do that too. Plus, they the IRS will probably exert a tremendous amount of pressure through an examination of News...

Bloggers are just going to love this story: Avery Doninger was disqualified from running for school government at Lewis S. Mills High School in Burlington after she posted something on her blog, referring to the superintendent and other officials as “douche bags” because they canceled a battle of the bands she had helped to...

President Obama was elected on the promise that he would repair our image around the world. He must not have been talking about countries that own our debt. They wonder — as do we — whether the unspoken Beltway strategy is to pay off this debt by inflating away its value. How...

This is how the Wall Street Journal summarizes the government forced restructuring of pension-zombie car company GM. …compared to other unsecured creditors, the unions were offered the equivalent of a Cadillac this week. Bondholders get a set of steak knives and the hope that a car maker owned 72.5% by the government will eventually...

The White House released this image of Obama Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor quoting a leading socialist in her Princeton yearbook. I am not a champion of lost causes, but of causes not yet won.’ -Norman Thomas Conservative Mama says: Norman Thomas was, of course, the leading American Socialist politician of the 20th century. Perhaps...

Barack Obama promised no tax increases for people earning less than $250,000, and a tax cut for 95% of Americans. That is unless they buy things like cars (or anything else): “WANT A NEW CAR IN A FEW YEARS? DIG DEEP.” “New fuel efficiency standards and auto industry woes will drive price tags skyward.”...

Fair Tax legislation passed through the Missouri State House last week. If the Senate passes the bill, Governor Nixon must sign it before it is placed on the ballot. For more info on the Fair Tax visit their website. (h/t jefferey m. bella) // Share|